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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by INDEPENDENCE ASSOCIATES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,302,672
Total expenses
$2,320,791
Contributions and grants received
$1,398
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,300,218
Investment income
$1,033
Other revenue
$23
Total assets, end of year
$1,144,913
Total liabilities, end of year
$314,819
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$830,094
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,143,593
Management and general expenses
$177,198
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,143,593

Program services were 92.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,250

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $148

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $1,473,490 · related or exempt $1,473,490

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEDICAID

    total $826,728 · related or exempt $826,728

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,033 · excluded $1,033

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $23 · related or exempt $23

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $23

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $131,115 · program services $115,381 · management and general $15,734

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,134,802 · program services $1,116,782 · management and general $18,020

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $210,094 · program services $204,598 · management and general $5,496

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $123,376 · program services $118,264 · management and general $5,112

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $235,708 · program services $170,246 · management and general $65,462

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,976 · program services $10,976

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,744 · program services $37,662 · management and general $8,082

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,025 · program services $2,296 · management and general $1,729

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $148,516 · program services $142,727 · management and general $5,789

  • 17 · Travel

    total $91,781 · program services $86,134 · management and general $5,647

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $439 · program services $439

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,281 · management and general $1,281

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,067 · program services $7,067

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $32,244 · program services $31,742 · management and general $502

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAIN

    total $46,376 · program services $36,154 · management and general $10,222

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONSUMER TRANSITION

    total $23,923 · program services $23,923

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $23,367 · program services $16,147 · management and general $7,220

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $23,151 · program services $10,825 · management and general $12,326

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $26,806 · program services $12,230 · management and general $14,576

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $521,489 · end of year $374,426

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $51,033

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $405,145 · end of year $519,815

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $15,073 · end of year $22,942

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $297,231

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $291,270

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,028 · end of year $5,961

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $294,748 · end of year $170,736

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $95,869 · end of year $146,141

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $12,057 · end of year $12,057

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $293,344 · end of year $156,621

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $843,213 · end of year $825,094

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $5,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SINCE 1980, IA HAS WORKED WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES PROVIDING THE RESOURCES WHICH ENABLE THEM TO LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AS THEY WISH IN THE SETTING THAT THEY CHOOSE. LIVING INDEPENDENTLY IS ABOUT DIGNITY, FREEDOM AND OVERCOMING THE BARRIERS WHICH STILL EXIST TODAY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. AS A CROSS AGE, CROSS CULTURAL AND CROSS DISABILITY ORGANIZATION, IA WORKS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO ANY PERSON WITH A DISABILITY LIVING WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

  • INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES THE SKILLS AND RESOURCES TO ENCOURAGE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE. 605 CONSUMERS WERE SERVED.

    Expenses $983,086 · Revenue $1,114,562

  • PRE-EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION SERVICES ASSISTS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TRANSITIONING FROM NURSING HOMES OR OTHER INSTITUTIONALIZED SETTINGS INTO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS YOUTH TRANSITIONING FROM SCHOOL LIFE TO ADULTHOOD.

    Expenses $90,790 · Revenue $91,956

  • THE PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT (PCA) PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT IS MANAGED BY THE CONSUMER, AND FUNDED BY MASSHEALTH. THIS PROGRAM ENABLES INDIVIDUALS WITH A PERMANENT OR LONG-TERM DISABILITY TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AT HOME WITH THE SERVICES NECESSARY TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT.

    Expenses $983,858 · Revenue $1,000,366

  • VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES THE SKILLS AND RESOURCES TO LEAD TO SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT EMPLOYMENT. 35 CONSUMERS WERE SERVED.

    Expenses $68,419 · Revenue $67,815

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES RELATED TO SPECIALIZATION TRAINING AND DME (DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT) REUSE

    Expenses $17,440 · Revenue $22,519

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark D Lewis Through 624

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anita A Ashdon

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Thayer

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Brown

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Gray

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suzanne Allore As Of 624

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Nussey

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven S Higgins

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $114,947
    From this org
    $103,374
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,573
    Hours/week
    37.5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541569349300709

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